Current risks in Chile

This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.

3 earthquakes, 15 unrest events, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.

19 eventsSources: usgs · gdelt · eonet

19 events· ChileFire activity within the 30-day mean

UnrestDisasterEarthquake

World map of risk events0 countries with events, 14 events plottedCivil unrest in Santiago, Chile · Chile · 20 Aug 2026Strike in La Serena, Chile · Chile · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Valdivia, Chile · Chile · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Santiago, Chile · Chile · 18 Aug 2026Demonstration in La Serena, Chile · Chile · 15 Aug 2026Demonstration in La Serena, Chile · Chile · 12 Aug 2026Demonstration in Santiago, Chile · Chile · 11 Aug 2026Demonstration in La Serena, Chile · Chile · 11 Aug 2026Demonstration in Calama, Chile · Chile · 11 Aug 2026Demonstration in Ovalle, Chile · Chile · 11 Aug 2026Nevados del Chillan Volcano, Chile · Chile · 15 Jun 2026M4.7 — 62 km SSE of Palca, Peru · Chile · 30 Aug 2026M4.5 — 38 km NNE of Cuya, Chile · Chile · 28 Aug 2026M4.6 — 26 km W of Ollagüe, Chile · Chile · 28 Aug 2026

Totals for Chile, last 30 days

Earthquake
10
3 in the list
Disaster
0
1 in the list
Conflict
27
0 in the list
Unrest
14
15 in the list
Advisory
0
0 in the list

Signal

How the picture is developing in Chile

Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days

Events by type in Chile

Against the 90-day baseline

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 8.7
10
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0.3
0
Conflict
90-day baseline: 63.7
27
Unrest
90-day baseline: 15
14
Advisory
90-day baseline: 0
0

Events per day in Chile

Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
DateEarthquakeDisasterConflictUnrestAdvisoryFire hotspots
2026-08-05000002
2026-08-06003009
2026-08-07000104
2026-08-080010018
2026-08-090000024
2026-08-10002202
2026-08-11004503
2026-08-121021030
2026-08-130010015
2026-08-14002009
2026-08-15001104
2026-08-16002003
2026-08-17000004
2026-08-180041032
2026-08-191030041
2026-08-201023044
2026-08-211000046
2026-08-221000041
2026-08-231000024
2026-08-240000016
2026-08-25000008
2026-08-26100007
2026-08-270000012
2026-08-282000012
2026-08-29000000
2026-08-301000014
2026-08-31000007
2026-09-01000001
2026-09-02000007
2026-09-03000000

Events

What is happening in Chile

19 events · newest first

  1. Earthquake

    M4.7 — 62 km SSE of Palca, Peru

    M4.7 · Arica · Source: usgs

  2. Earthquake

    M4.5 — 38 km NNE of Cuya, Chile

    M4.5 · Cuya · Source: usgs

  3. Earthquake

    M4.6 — 26 km W of Ollagüe, Chile

    M4.6 · Villa Martín Colchak · Source: usgs

  4. Unrest

    Civil unrest in Santiago, Chile

    Severity 4 · Santiago · Source: gdelt

  5. Unrest

    Strike in La Serena, Chile

    Severity 3 · La Serena · Source: gdelt

  6. Unrest

    Demonstration in Valdivia, Chile

    Severity 3 · Valdivia · Source: gdelt

  7. Unrest

    Demonstration in Santiago, Chile

    Severity 3 · Santiago · Source: gdelt

  8. Unrest

    Demonstration in La Serena, Chile

    Severity 3 · La Serena · Source: gdelt

  9. Unrest

    Demonstration in La Serena, Chile

    Severity 3 · La Serena · Source: gdelt

  10. Unrest

    Demonstration in Santiago, Chile

    Severity 3 · Santiago · Source: gdelt

  11. Unrest

    Demonstration in La Serena, Chile

    Severity 3 · La Serena · Source: gdelt

  12. Unrest

    Demonstration in Calama, Chile

    Severity 3 · Calama · Source: gdelt

  13. Unrest

    Demonstration in Ovalle, Chile

    Severity 3 · Ovalle · Source: gdelt

  14. Disaster

    Nevados del Chillan Volcano, Chile

    EONET · Parral, Región del Maule · Source: eonet

Reference

What these risk types mean

Earthquake
Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
Disaster
Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
Conflict
Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
Unrest
Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
Advisory
Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.

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